Day 22

This Christmas countdown is exhausting. I think next year, I will keep it to a week. Anyway, yesterday we drove thru Glendale Christian Church's nativity scene. That really would have been enough, but I had purchased Home Alone earlier that day, so we went ahead and watched that as well. Liam was a little scared, but both boys seemed to like it.

23-Successful or no?

Today we decided cocoa and Christmas books by a cozy, crackling fire, with a nip of Eggnog for Liam would be perfect.
And the pictures are A-OK, right?

Read on.

Hi, I am Alec. I was actually sleeping during this time.  Yes, I am eating a cookie. Storebought baby food is for newbs. And Hey, it's Christmas. Sort of.

Gabe was delighted. Of course, prior to this, he was singing, "Have you seen the ghost of John," to antagonize Liam, who is frightened of the song.

This is Liam. He doesn't look happy, but he had fun once we got started. Getting started was another story. I am cranky and have been thinking about things that upset me all day. So I was practically growling. We spent at LEAST 30 minutes trying to start a fire, with no luck. The boys drank the cocoa before I could actually get any pictures. And I forgot the eggnog. 

But the books were fun and we have snapshots, which the kids will only remember as good times (probably!).

Christmas Countdown, 24!

Today we made everyone's favorite, the ubiquitous countdown chain. Gabe helped with about eight and then wandered away, but I forced Liam to finish his (but I did every other one).